scientific article; zbMATH DE number 193488
ChargesClifford algebrasClifford-valued functiondifferential formselectric permittivityelectromagnetic fieldElectromagnetic potentialselectromagnetic wavesintroductory course of electrodynamicsmagnetic permeabilityMaxwell equationsMinkowski spacemultivectorsspecial relativitytextbook
Mathematics for nonmathematicians (engineering, social sciences, etc.) (00A06) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to linear algebra (15-01) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Multilinear algebra, tensor calculus (15A69) Basic linear algebra (15A99) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to optics and electromagnetic theory (78-01) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25)
The aim of the book is the presentation of classical electrodynamics based on the systematic use of multivectors and Clifford algebras. In the process of abstraction a vector arises from a straight line segment with an orientation. Similarly a bivector originates from a plane segment with an orientation, a trivector from a solid body with an orientation, etc. The multivectors may be considered as dual objects for differential forms. If a scalar product is given in the underlying vector space, a one-to-one correspondence exists between \(k\)-forms and \(k\)-vectors. But the author assumes that the notion of bivector (and of multivector in general) is more visual geometrically and more adequate to physical situation. The book is addressed to a broad audience of physicists and engineers including undergraduate students and may be considered as an introductory course of electrodynamics. The mathematical knowledge as well as the knowledge of electrodynamics are assumed at the level of general courses. The presentation in the book is very detailed. There are a lot of illustrations. The principal places are explained carefully. Each chapter is followed by a list of problems. In introductory Chapter 0 the notions of bivectors, multivectors and their properties are discussed. The Clifford algebra is introduced as a set of combinations of different rank multivectors with a special product formula. The main result of the Chapter 1 is the writing of all Maxwell equations for an isotropic medium with given electric permittivity and magnetic permeability in a single formula for some Clifford-valued function. This formula contains multivectors of all ranks. Some important cases of electromagnetic and magnetic fields (for example, electric and magnetic fields of an infinite plate, of two parallel plates, magnetic field of two adjoining half-planes) are also described. In the next four chapters (Electromagnetic potentials, Charges in the electromagnetic field, Plane electromagnetic fields, Various kinds of electromagnetic waves) the techniques of Chapter 1 is applied to basic objects of electromagnetic field theory. In Chapter 6 the Clifford algebra of the Minkowski space is introduced. An application of this algebra to special relativity and electrodynamics is given in the last Chapter 7.
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